Grade: 8 Unit:1 Week: 5 Content: ELA Dates: 9/17-9/21
Theme Essential Question: How does the urban setting contribute to the overall meaning of the texts?
Essential Questions:
How do I determine what is inferred based on what is stated?
How do I determine the author’s point of view or purpose?
How does the author acknowledge and respond to conflicting evidence or viewpoints?
Standards
8.R.I.1 Key Ideas and Details: Cite the textual evidence that most strongly supports an analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text.
8.R.I.6 Craft and Structure: Determine an author’s point of view or purpose in a text and analyze how the author acknowledges and responds to conflicting evidence or viewpoints.
Objectives I can determine what is inferred based on what is stated. I can determine the author’s point of view or purpose. I can determine how the author acknowledges and responds to conflicting evidence or viewpoints?
Assessment Product
Write a response to the literature that demonstrates understanding or interpretation of the text (Journal).
Write and create an episode that illustrates an author’s thinking, action, response or problem.
Key Questions (match Standard)
How do you respond to conflicting evidence and viewpoints that are different from your own?
Does your viewpoint change when presented with a different perspective? Explain why or why not.
How does inferencing impact one’s point of view or process in acknowledgement of one’s viewpoint?
Observable Student Behaviors
Students share entry with partners and/or group to analyze further actions of the author.
Vocabulary
ELA
Suggested Activities [see Legend to highlight MCO and HYS]
Theme Essential Question:
How does the urban setting contribute to the overall meaning of the texts?
Essential Questions:
Standards
Objectives
I can determine what is inferred based on what is stated.
I can determine the author’s point of view or purpose.
I can determine how the author acknowledges and responds to conflicting evidence or viewpoints?
Assessment
Product
Key Questions (match Standard)
Observable Student Behaviors
Vocabulary
Suggested Activities [see Legend to highlight MCO and HYS]
Homework
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Non-Linguistic representation | Cooperative Learning | Objectives/Feedback |
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